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vuited ROBERT CUSHMAN, OF PAW'IUCKE'I, ANDJOI-IN DENNIS, OF

CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND Letters Patent No. 84,346,1Zated No/wmberA 24, 1868.

IIMPROVED POUNCE-HOLDER.

The Schedule referred to in thes'e Letters Patent and malng part of the' same.

To all whom it may conce'm.: l Be it known thatwe, ROBERT CUSHMAN, of Pawtucket, and J ORN R. DENNIS, of Central Falls, in the county of Providence, and State ofRhode Island, have invented a new and improved Paper-Smoothener; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication;

Figure 1 represents a side view, partly inv section, of our improved paper-smoothene Figure 2 is an end view of the sam'e.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new instinmentfor closing the pores of paper after the same have been -opened by an eraser, so that the ink may not run on such parts of the paper where erasures have been made.

vThe invention consists of a handle, to which a bag is fastened that contains rosin and chalk, or Vany other material, in a 'powdered state, by which the pores' will Ybe closed` A, in the drawing, represents a handle, made of wood or other suitable material, of suitable size and form.

material'.

When the bag, after a piece of writing has been erased, is drawn over the erased portion, so much of the powder is discharged from the bag, that the pores oi' the paper will, by the powder, be closed, so

that subsequent writing will appear clear and clean ony the erased portion.

Having thus described our invention,

IVe claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters'.v

Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a paper-smooth.

ener, consisting ot the handle and bag, substantially as herein shown and described.

The-above specification of our nventio ns, this 16th day of October, 1868.

. ROBERT OUSHMAN.

JOHN R. DENNIS.

signed by Witnesses:

J. HENRY PHILLIPS, `Jorn: H. CRAWFORD. 

